WWII evacuee’s memoirs discovered in attic

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Valerie Braunston was evacuated to a pig farm in Lincolnshire.

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Habrough
St Margaret's church, Habrough
Habrough Habrough shown within Lincolnshire
Population	648 (2001)
OS grid reference	TA148137
District	North East Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Immingham
Postcode district	DN40
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes

Habrough is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England. Habrough railway station serves the village and the town of Immingham. The name Habrough is found in many old records as "Haburgh".^[1]

Habrough is both a village and a civil parish in the Lincolnshire Wolds, 3 miles (4.8 km)inland from the River Humber, 9 miles (14 km) north east of the town of Caistor, just west of Immingham parish and just south of Killingholme. The parish covers about 2,330 acres.^[1]

Habrough was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 when it was listed as having 28 households, a mill and a saltern.^[2] There was a manor house here, of which only earthworks remain, south east of the church. It belonged during the 13th and 14th centuries to the de Saltfletby family, and later the Skipwith family. The manor was reputedly abandoned when the Skipwith line died out.^[3] Today, the village has land owned by the Earl of Yarborough and is located less than a mile away from the Brocklesby House estate of the Earl of Yarborough.

The village is still on the railway line established in the 19th century by the Great Central railway. Humberside Airport is 5 km South West.

Frashen

Frashen's head office is located in Habrough. Frashen was founded by Francis Shenstone who grew up in Habrough, and is the largest business in Habrough.^{[citation needed]}

Habrough Church History

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. The church tower was restored in 1684 and the church was rebuilt in 1869 by R. J. Withers of limestone. It is a grade II listed building.^[4]

The Wesleyan Methodist Church had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1869. The Primitive Methodist also had a chapel, rebuilt in 1873.^[1]
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WWII evacuee’s memoirs discovered in attic

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WWII evacuee’s memoirs discovered in attic